Intelligence
The record underneath.
Orbital Current keeps a structured, evidence-linked record of what is changing in space. Every source record is captured as it arrives, every change is detected by a rule anyone can read, and every published signal is reviewed by a person first.
What’s in the record
Government opportunities
Space-related solicitations from SAM.gov that can still be answered, sorted by deadline. Relevance is decided by structured procurement codes and contracting offices, not by keywords in a title.
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Launch schedule changes
The upcoming launch schedule captured every day, with every revision kept. Dates are compared at the precision the source gives, so an estimate narrowing from “2027” to “March 2027” is never reported as a slip.
19,202observations since 5 Sep 2026
Upcoming launches
The next scheduled launches, with mission, provider, pad and livestream links where available.
476on the schedule we capture daily
Signals
Changes detected by deterministic rules — a launch slipping, a material company filing — each carrying its evidence, and each reviewed by a person before it is published.
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Companies and agencies
Hubs connecting what we track about each organisation: signals, filings, launches, contracts, opportunities and coverage.
5951 companies · 8 agencies
News feed
Headlines from trusted publishers and agencies, clustered when several report the same development and linked to the organisations they mention. Headlines link to the originals.
444stories in the last 30 days
Earth orbit
Satellites positioned from stored public orbital elements, identified by NORAD number.
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ContractsStill developing
Awarded contracts, shown only when a source establishes them. Every amount says what kind of figure it is, and figures are only added together when they are the same kind from a trusted source.
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FundingStill developing
Funding rounds and public offerings. Public offerings are never presented as venture rounds.
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How the record works
Evidence first, then everything else
The same pipeline sits under every page, whichever source a fact came from.
01
Capture
Each source record is kept as received and never edited or deleted afterwards, so later changes in how we read a source can be replayed against that history. For news we keep the headline and summary, not the article.
02
Resolve
Records are connected to companies and agencies by exact identifiers, names and known aliases — never by loose matching or guesswork. Anything that can’t be matched with certainty stays unlinked or goes to a person.
03
Detect
Changes are found by deterministic rules. A schedule change, a material filing or a new opportunity is detected the same way every time, and the rule is on record.
04
Review
A person reviews each signal before it is published, and that decision is kept: a later automated run can never quietly reverse it.
Principles
What we won’t do
Fill a gap with a guess.
A missing value stays missing. Unknown is better than wrong.
State a number without saying what it is.
A contract figure is labelled as a ceiling, an obligation or unknown — and different kinds are never added together.
Turn an estimate into a date.
A launch planned for “2027” is not a launch on 31 December 2027, and a change between estimates is described in words, not days.
Mix reporting into the record.
News is shown with its publisher and linked to the original; our own record is kept separate from it.